Articles written for PtS Content Network

This list links to the 50 articles written by Robin Mizell (titled and slightly edited by Amy Knopinski) for PtS Content Network.

Do you really want to conduct a private investigation?

Where do I start?

Suspicion and looking at the obvious

How to compile information or evidence

Investigation techniques: Canvassing

Local library

Public records

Telephone use

The police and public records

Genealogy websites

Locating long lost family and friends

Tracing beneficiaries

Looking for missing people in familiar areas

How long before a 'missing' person is missing?

When is a missing person presumed dead?

Internet and email

Chat rooms as an information aid

Online agencies for investigative use

Search engines: How to get speedy results

Online databases for investigative use

Advice on ensuring Internet information is genuine

Changes in children's behaviour: What is normal?

Missing children

Questioning friends and siblings about your suspicions

Is it ever OK to violate their privacy?

School: Teachers and other staff

Investigating your own personal injury and accident

Compiling evidence and documentation of accident or injury

To whom do you report an accident or injury?

Are you eligible for compensation?

Investigating civil claims

Investigating compensation companies

Identity theft and how to spot it

Investigating credit card and bank account fraud

What to remember or collect if you're burgled

What to remember or collect if you're mugged

Finding out about current or future employers

Investigating your legal rights as an employee

Termination, redundancy, or retirement

Investigating employee misconduct

How to tell if you're being watched

Installing bugs and cameras

Using home CCTV

Investigating landlord-tenant disputes

Suspicious or paranoid?

Family suspicions

Asking friends and relatives about any suspicions you have

Confrontation

Dealing with the aftermath of a stressful confrontation

Paying for investigation